Chapter 243 Major Events in Life
October 21
A team of several thousand people under the Ye flag slowly entered the city amidst the warm welcome of Fengzhou officials.

Because Song Wenhui, the governor of Liaoyang, was a man who would do anything to achieve his goals, and his methods were very sinister and vicious. In order to prevent his revenge, Ye Mingsheng brought his mother Ye Cui and others to live in Fengzhou, leaving an empty Ye Mansion for Song Wenhui...
After settling his soldiers and meeting with the local officials of Fengzhou, Ye Mingsheng immediately found Dong Jiangchuan, the head manager of the Dalongchang Trading Company in Fengzhou City.

Dong Jiangchuan is An Zhirong's close confidant, and is fully responsible for all matters concerning An Zhirong in Fengzhou. He is also the contact person that An Zhirong left for Ye Mingsheng.

"I meet General Ye!"

Entering the study room of the General's Mansion, the tall and handsome Dong Jiangchuan bowed to Ye Mingsheng and said:
Looking at Dong Jiangchuan's face, which was no more than thirty years old, Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised. The annual trade volume of Fengzhou Trade Route was at least six figures in silver. An Zhirong actually let Dong Jianchuan run it. This was really bold...

Ye Mingsheng waved his hand, and Ye Dong immediately moved a chair over for Dong Jianchuan.

"Manager Dong, please take a seat!"

"Thank you, General, for the seat!"

Although he was sitting on a chair, Dong Jianchuan's posture was very respectful. His body was leaning slightly forward towards Ye Mingsheng, with his buttocks just slightly sitting on the chair.

"Manager Dong, time is running out, so I'll be frank with you. How much silver has the Third Master prepared for me this time?

Staring at Dong Jianchuan, Ye Mingsheng said in a deep voice:
According to the agreement between Ye Mingsheng and An Zhirong in Luoan, An Zhirong gave Ye Mingsheng 10,000 taels every year, including a down payment of 3,000 taels, another 2,000 taels when he arrived in Fengshan County to recruit soldiers, and finally another 5,000 taels when he arrived in Fengzhou to fulfill his obligations.

But agreements are agreements, and reality is reality!
Today is different from the past!
In Luoan, Ye Mingsheng was just a military officer in name only, but now Ye Mingsheng is a powerful general with 7,000 troops under his command!

The most important point is that after arriving in Liaoyang, Ye Mingsheng never forgot the task assigned to him by An Zhirong...
After making inquiries from many sources, Ye Mingsheng now has a rough idea of ​​the scale of An Zhirong's caravan and how profitable his business is. This has made Ye Mingsheng no longer satisfied with the initial share of 10,000 taels!

Yes, Ye Mingsheng wanted more, and as someone who provided protection for An Zhirong’s caravan, he deserved more!
As his team expanded, Ye Mingsheng needed more money. Coming from Earth, he had many ideas about making money and was just waiting to own a piece of land of his own to make it a reality. However, before that, Ye Mingsheng needed a considerable amount of start-up capital.

Ye Mingsheng did not hide the fact that he wanted the money, and he mentioned it to An Zhirong without any hesitation during their several correspondences.

An Zhirong's reaction to this was somewhat vague. He kept making excuses to Ye Mingsheng, saying that he would talk about it after Ye Mingsheng arrived in Fengzhou.

Now that Ye Mingsheng has led his troops to Fengzhou, he is not going to delay discussing this issue with An Zhirong any further...

Feeling Ye Mingsheng's eagle-like sharp gaze, Dong Jiangchuan said without hesitation:

"There are 10,000 taels of silver in the treasury of Dalongchang. You can give it all to General Ye!"

Ye Mingsheng frowned slightly when he heard this, without any joy on his face. According to the original plan, when he arrived in Fengzhou, An Zhirong should give him another 5,000 taels!

And he, Ye, has put in so much effort now, not just to get an extra 5,000 taels of silver...

Seeing Ye Mingsheng's unhappy expression, Dong Jianchuan continued:
"The Third Master asked me to tell General Ye that with the size of your army, this ten thousand taels of silver is enough for you to spend for a while. The Third Master asked me to tell you not to be greedy!"

Hearing this, Ye Mingsheng narrowed his eyes. Just as he was about to explode, he heard Dong Jianchuan change the subject and say:
"But the Third Master said that if Lord Ye is really short of money, it's not impossible for him to take a few tens of thousands of taels... After all, the whole Luoan knows that the Third Master is the most generous to his family!" Hearing the word "family", Ye Mingsheng's eyes flashed with a strange color. After a pause, he asked Dong Jianchuan again:

"Third Master, what does this mean?"

Dong Jianchuan smiled slightly when he heard this:

"Master Ye is not young anymore, have you ever thought about this important matter in life?"

Seeing that Dong Jianchuan really meant this, Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised. He didn't know what An Zhirong was up to.

If he remembered correctly, An Zhirong had several daughters, but the oldest was only nine years old, not yet old enough to get married. If it wasn't his own daughter, who would An Zhirong introduce to him...
After considering it for a while, Ye Mingsheng said very carefully:

"Over the years, Ye has been fighting all over the country and has never had the energy to focus on other things. Now that he has settled down, he still hasn't met the right person!"

Hearing Ye Mingsheng's answer, Dong Jiangchuan smiled again and said meaningfully:
"The Third Master's niece is still unmarried..."

Ye Mingsheng was stunned when he heard that. When An Zhirong's niece was mentioned, the name of the woman who was the reincarnation of Bao Si and brought disaster to the country and the people naturally emerged in his mind!

However, although he thought so, Ye Mingsheng felt that the possibility was not high!

After all, she is the youngest daughter of Kunshan Marquis An Hetu. Although Ye's power has improved slightly, his status is still not enough to marry the jewel in the An family's crown!

In addition, as far as he knew, the An family was very large and prosperous. An Zhirong had five or six brothers of the same generation, so there were even more nieces, too many to be counted on two hands.

It seems that An Zhirong meant that he would arrange one for himself among these people!

Although he was somewhat disgusted by arranged marriages without emotions, if the other party was good-looking and could bring him a generous dowry, Ye Mingsheng would not mind sacrificing his looks and devoting himself to his career...

"But the legitimate daughter?"

After thinking for a while, Ye Mingsheng asked tentatively:

Dong Jiangchuan nodded without any hesitation and said:

"Master Ye, you are a fifth-rank general at such a young age. You have a bright future ahead of you. Of course, only a legitimate daughter can be worthy of you!"

After getting Dong Jiangchuan's promise, Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly and said:
"In that case, please let Third Master make the decision!"

(End of this chapter)